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J. H.'EDGER.LY. SHOE TURNING MACHINE.

No. 460,626. Patented Sept; 29, 1891.

W/T/VESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JASON H. EDGERLY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO E.HARING DICKINSON AND THOMAS E. ELDRIDGE, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SHOE-TURNING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,526, datedSeptember 29, 1891. Application filed December 23, 1890- Serial No.375,584. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JASON H. EDGERLY, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Shoe-TurningMachine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in shoe-turning machines. It isgenerally understood in the trade that what is known as turned shoes aresewed wrong side out, and the shoes are then turned after the upper andsole have been united. This is a matter of some difficulty, and it hasusually been done by hand; and the object of my invention is to producea simple and durable machine by which this operation of turning may bequickly and easily performed.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, in which the figure is a broken perspective view ofthe entire machine.

A is a bench supported on a suitable framework, and a treadle B ispivoted between lugs b beneath the bench, the front end of the treadleextending forward to a point where it may be conveniently reached by thefoot of the operator, and pivoted between lugs b on the upper side ofthe treadle is a rod C, which extends vertically through the top of thebench and through a sleeve D, which is secured to the bench-top, the rodbeing bent twice at right angles, as shown at 0, above the bench-top, sothat the end portion 0 will be brought to a point near the front of thebench and will form a vertical plunger. The plunger C is formed at itslower end into an elongated head 0, which is adapted to press upon ashoe sole, as described below.

The rod C, plunger C, and treadle B are held normally in an elevatedposition by means of the spring E,which encircles the rod, one end ofthe spring being held in the sleeve D and the opposite end secured to astud, as shown at c, and the movement of the plunger is limited by astud c on the rod C, which stud projects through a slot d in the sleeveD.

Beneath the plunger C is a vertical plate bottom to a slide F', which isdovetailed between the strips G, secured to the top of the bench andwhich form a slideway for the slide. In practice a number of these formsF are used, there being a form for various sizes of shoes, and the formsare changed by simply slipping one from the slideway G.

The machine is operated as follows: A form F is placed in position uponthe bench and is adjusted by means of the slide F, so as to bring itbeneath the plunger 0', a shoe is placed bottom up upon the form, asindicated by dotted lines in the drawing, and the operator then stepsupon the treadle. This moves the plunger C downwardly, and it will thusstrike upon the shoe-sole and press it down between the opposite sidesof the plate F, and the operator grasps the shoe-upper, and by liftingupward slightly upon the upper the shoe will be turned.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A shoe-turning machine consisting in a frame, avertically-movable rod bent twice at its upper end to form the dependingplunger C, means for raising the rod, a treadle for depressing it, and aremovable form under the plunger and consisting in a base or slide and avertical plate F, bent upon itself, as shown at f, and secured at itslower edge to the slide or base, substantially as set forth.

2. A shoe-turning machine consisting in a table or bench A, a rod C,extending down through the table and having its upper end bent, as at cc, forming the depending plunger C, terminating in the head 0, thesleeve D on the table around the rod, a spring E, secured at e to therod and bearing on the upper end of the sleeve to raise the rod, atreadle for depressing the rod, guideways G on the table under theplunger, and a form consistiiig in a vertical plate F, bent upon itselfat f and having a base or slide F fitting be tween the said guideways,substantially as bowed portion outward to their vertical parset forth.allel edges, substantially'as described.

3. In a shoe-turning machine, the form consistin g in the horizontalslide F and the verti- JASON H. EDGE RLY. cal plate F,secured at itslower edge upon the Vitnesses: slide and bowed at f upon itself, thesides of E. HARING DICKINSON, the said plate being spaced apart from theTHOMAS E. ELDRIDGE.

